Detachable glide unit for furniture legs



Nov. 23, 1948. s. B. HENDRICKSON 7 DETAGHABLE GLIDE UNIT FOR FURNITURE LEGS Filed Jan. 3, 1948 j Fig. 2.

Mm fiJ/um Patented Nov. 23, 1948 1.5;; -51

" UNITED *sTAT E's' orricsf 'Sev'erin B. I Hendrickson, Templeton, Mass; as-

signer to Heywoods-WakefieldoCompany, LGanL ner, Mass., a corporationzoiMassachusetts: Application January 3, 1948, Serial No. 432 .6 Claims. (Cl.1642) 1 This invention relates to detachable glide units for furniture legs and more particularly to an improved unit that can be locked in place within the furniture leg and be removed only by a speforming a cushion between the button and the leg I0. A washer 22 on the stem overlies the top face of the cushion.

The glider is anchored within the leg by a cial tool, The improvement is particularly appli- 5 U-shaped resilient member 24 having two fingers cable to school furniture in which threaded glider or legs 25 that extend upwardly in divergent relaunits heretofore employed have been removed by tion from a flat intermediate portion which is school children merely by rotating the units perforated to receive the stem l8. The ends of counter-clockwise. My novel glider unit prefthe legs 25 are turned outwardly at 26. A cylinerably embodies a metallic button for engaging drical filler 28 of rubber or like resilient matethe floor and carries a supporting stem on which rial is mounted on the stem between the legs is mounted a furniture supporting cushion and and a nut 30, threaded to the stem, holds the improved locking means, all as hereinafter speparts assembled and the filler in comp ession. cifically described. The production of a new and The top end of the stem may be peened over at improved glider unit of this nature and for the 3 t p ve gement of the nut. purpose described comprises the primary object e glider Co p s t t Shown in i 1 of th nv ti n. made up by assembling the parts shown in Fig. 2.

These and other features of the invention will This unit is attached to the leg merely by insertbe best understood and appreciated from the in t to the pos t on s own in Fig. 1 wherein the following description of a preferred embodiment Out-turned e ds 3 engage within the ap rtures thereof selected for purposes of illustration and II, the filler 23 providing ditional backin in shown in the accompanying drawing in which, addition to the resiliency of the legs, for assuring Fig. l is'a longitudinal sectional view through continued engagement of the ends of the legs one of'my glider units in use'on a chair leg, Within the apertures. The unit can be conven- Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the several parts 25 ie y removed y a Special tool C p g a pa r thereof. of jaws for simultaneously engaging the ends 26 Glider units are employed primarily to aid in and forcing t legs 5 inwardly, t the unit moving furniture over the floor quietly, and so as cannot be otherwise removed either accidentally to avoid scratching or injuring the floor. It will or maliciously. be apparent that if such units are lost or become 30 Having thus diselesed y invention, I claim as detached both the furniture and floor may be new d desire to Secure y Letters Patent: considerably damaged. My invention contem- A tac able glide unit for a tubular chair plates a glider that cannot become detached or g having apertures in the Well thereof, pr sremoved accidentally or maliciously but may be ins a t button having a bottom face pt readily removed by use of a special tool provided to en g the a pp t stem carried for that purpose, thus eliminating damage hereby and extending upwardly from the button, a tofore caused to both furniture and floor and cushion on the stem above and cooperating with providing a superior glider for serving the functhe button, and locking means carried by the tions defined. stem and including opposed fingers above the In the drawing ill indicates the tubular leg of cushion for engaging said apertures in the tubua chair or other piece of furniture. The bottom lar leg. and of the leg is hollow and is provided with two 2. The glide unit defined in claim 1 plus a oppositely disposed transverse apertures 12. My rubber filler mounted on the'stem between said improved glider i4 is adapted to be received fingers and normally holding the fingers prowithin the open end of the leg and to be locked jecting outwardly through the apertures. therewithin by latch means carried by the glider 3. The glide unit defined in claim 1 in which and engaging within the two apertures, said button is a sheet metal shell open at its top The glider illustrated in the drawing includes face and said cushion is an integral part of a in its structure a polished floor-engaging button rubber insert partially disposed within the shell. [5 comprising a sheet metal shell open at its top 4. A detachable glide unit for a tubular chair face. A threaded stem I8 having a head I9 is leg having oppositely disposed transverse apercarried by and extends upwardly from the inner tures located above its lower end, the unit comface of the button. The stem is anchored to the prising a metal button having a bottom face button by a rubber insert 20 having a lower poradapted to engage the floor, a supporting stem carried by and extending upwardly from the buttion disposed within the button and a top portion 3 ton, and locking means carried by the stem and comprising a U-shaped resilient member having upwardly extending legs with out-turned ends for engaging Within said apertures.

5. A detachable glide unit for a tubular chair leg, comprising a circular metal button having an upstanding stem, a cushion overlying said button and encircling its stem, a U-shaped spring held in place by said stem and having out-turned ends shaped to engage apertures in a chair leg, and a cylindrical rubber filler located between the arms of said U-shaped spring and also held 4 by said stem in position above the button and having outwardly directed ends shaped to engage apertures in a chair leg, and a resilient member mounted on said stem and arranged to back up the outwardly directed spring ends against in Ward displacement.

- SEVERIN B; HENDRICKSON.

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